- Postcode districts
- BT80
- Nearby
- Magherafelt, Dungannon and Portadown
- Guide price
- £800–£2,200
- Typical time on site
- 1–2 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of County Tyrone
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a replacement bath cost in Cookstown?
Guide price in Cookstown: £800–£2,200 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in Northern Ireland run at about 12% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Like-for-like bath
- New acrylic or steel bath, panel and taps
Shower bath
- Re-tiling to the bath area
Freestanding bath
- Freestanding acrylic or stone resin
Guide prices for Cookstown including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Cookstown
We cover every part of Cookstown, including BT80, and nearby Magherafelt (9.4 miles) and Dungannon (9.7 miles).
Being a smaller town does not change how we work in Cookstown: free survey, written quote, one team. Before a new bath is ordered for a Cookstown home, we measure the stairs and landing as well as the opening. Landlords with properties in Cookstown can usually have a bath replaced between tenancies in one to two working days.
Most of County Tyrone is supplied with soft water. In soft water, taps, wastes and toilet pans scale up slowly, so brushed and matt finishes are a safe choice. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Removal of the old bath, including breaking up a cast-iron bath in place where it will not come out whole
- A survey of the bath opening, the floor, the waste route, the supplies and the tiles around the bath
- Filling the bath before sealing, so the silicone cures with the bath at its heaviest
- Levelling the bath on adjustable feet or a cradle, with timber battens fixed to the walls under the rim
Decisions to make first
Freestanding bath
Acrylic freestanding baths are manageable on most floors; stone resin and cast iron are much heavier when full. You need room to clean round the bath and a plan for where the waste and filler come up.
Acrylic or steel
Acrylic is warm to the touch, light and the usual choice; thicker, reinforced acrylic flexes less. Enamelled steel is rigid and hard-wearing but feels colder, and needs sound-deadening pads to stop it drumming.
Rules that apply in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 apply to the new taps or filler. Building control is involved only if the floor structure or drainage is altered.
